Jokes about clothes, sexual orientation fall flat

Here in the United States, we're used to listening to the ultra-enthusiastic Scott Hamilton explain the differences between a triple lutz and a triple axel. Rarely, if ever, does Hamilton veer off track into social commentary.

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As the two commentators watched a procession of skaters appear in ever more outrageous outfits, Molloy remarked: "They don't leave anything in the locker room these blokes, do they?" McGuire responded: "They don't leave anything in the closet either, do they?". ... And when another came on in a Western-inspired costume of overalls and checked shirt, McGuire said it "was a bit of Brokeback".

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The fact that there are people still making "Brokeback Mountain" jokes is almost the most surprising thing about the comments. Almost. But Molloy's comment about American skater Johnny Weir takes the cake. He apologized for suggesting that organizers were shocked to learn that one of the skaters wasn't gay, but then decided he wasn't really all that sorry.

But as flamboyant US skater Johnny Weir, wearing a black and pink outfit and holding a heart-shaped cushion, took to the ice, he quipped: "But it definitely wasn't this guy."